Akcros Chemicals Invests in the Production of Solid Stabilisers

AkcrosAs part of its strategy of meeting the growing demand for PVC Stabilisers combining high performance with low volatility and odour, Akcros Chemicals will invest in increased production of the INTERLITE® ZP range of solid mixed metal soap stabilisers at its Eccles, UK, facility.

Le Salon Interplas enregistre de nouvelles réservations à K2001 et confirme son statut international

Reed ExhibitionsL'édition 2002 du Salon Interplas des plastiques et du caoutchouc dominera le calendrier de ce secteur l'année prochaine. Soucieux d'améliorer encore les excellentes perspectives d'Interplas, Reed Exhibition Companies a en effet mené une vaste initiative de promotion tout au long de K2001.

Rhodia Engineering Plastics toujours à la pointe du développement pour sa gamme de polyamides TECHNYL STAR™

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsRhodia Engineering Plastics lance à l’occasion de K’2001 trois nouveaux grades dans sa gamme de polyamides à haute fluidité TECHNYL STAR™. Après des percées très significatives sur les applications exigeantes de l’automobile par les grands constructeurs mondiaux, TECHNYL STAR™ pénètre maintenant d’autres marchés à fortes exigences. Parmi ceux-ci, citons notamment les marchés de l’outillage, de l’électrique et des sports et loisirs, qui devraient également profiter de la combinaison des propriétés physiques et rhéologiques du matériau garantissant de hautes performances de moulage, à faible coût et à rendement élevé.

New Managing Director: Kupron Prototypes expands into small series production

Mr. R. de Palma & Mr. R. Antwerpen holding PROTO Kupron Prototypes has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director, Rob Antwerpen, who is set to build on the company’s well-established position as the leading producer of large representative prototypes for the automotive industry.

The “open standard” is a myth, claims Attachmate

AttachmateAccording to Attachmate, the enterprise application integration solutions provider, open standards do little to help businesses. Rather than having freedom of choice, for the majority of companies, open standards mean being indefinitely locked in to a vendor’s own software.

Distrupol wins exclusive distributorship for Basell Moplen® PP resins in the UK, Ireland and Nordic markets


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“We welcome the appointment as Basell’s distributor”, says Distrupol CEO, Steve Bradbury. “It enables us to continue applying the knowledge we have developed in the products, and it maintains continuity in the relationships we have built with the processors and moulders using them.
 Leading European polymer distributor, Distrupol, has announced its appointment as exclusive distributor for Basell Moplen® polypropylene resins throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordic region.

Rapid Granulator captures significant orders at K’2001

Rapid Granulator AB recorded a 50 percent increase in machine orders taken at K’2001, compared with the previous exhibition in 1998. Rapid Granulator AB, the leading global supplier of granulator solutions for plastics recycling, recorded a 50 percent increase in machine orders taken at K’2001, compared with the previous exhibition in 1998, which had established a sales record for the company.

BASF and MachinePoint partner to solve the used machinery needs of their customers on BASF plastics portal.

New Partnership.
BASF
 Valladolid, Spain – October, 2001 – MachinePoint, the world’s leading source of used plastics & rubber machinery has signed an agreement with global chemical company BASF AG to be a part of its BASF PlasticsPortal, its customer-oriented e-commerce global extranet platform for Performance Polymers and Styrenics.